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Hey thanks alot!

Ok my sons wants his own smoker so this is the start of it and i will finish later this week when we are finished Ok we burned it out Then a little grinder work My son will kill me if he knew i had this pic of him hard at work All cleaned up He wanted to see how the paint looked on...

Hi everyone, Got a question i am building a UDS with my son for my son (i love my wsm0, but the bot wants a smoker of his very own  . So we are doing this father son project will post pics when done and a friend of mine asked if he made one could he fire it with propane? Well we are going to...

Does anyone know if it is possible to buy just the charcoal basket?

Hi John, I have used my 22.5 WSM on a wooden deck with no issues. The legs don't really seem to get very warm and there is a heat shield on the 22.5. I can't speak for the 18 because i don't have one(yet). If you were really concerned about the heat you could always put a patio block under the...

Hi Rabbit I'm no expert by any means but i was using a mes30 decent smoker easy to use pretty much fool proof i personally found that for my taste i couldnt get it to deliver the smokey flavor that i liked. But in saying that there are many here that are electric gurus and i'm sure they turned...

Thank You all for your help Bill

Hello hoping you guys may be able to help me out with a few questions i have regarding BBB. I see almost everyone using the himountain kit and dry cure so here are my questions 1 Can this be done as a wet cure using pops curing brine? 2 Do you have to butterfly the pork butt? If not does it...

Hi all Quick question for you guys is there nay problem using boneless butts for a pp? I got two of them from reastaurnt depot for short money for my area 1.09 a lb and want to try smoking them i love pulled pork but who doesnt? Will the cook times be different for boneless (i cook to temps...

Hi, i know abut this product because i used to work at the company that was devolping and prodcing the film for these bags. The film is corn oil based and it should be biodegradeabl no i was there any more when rand d was workin on sealing the film for freshness of product a friend of mine...

By good smokey flavor i mean its not strong enough would like it to taste smokier seem to get plenty of smoke but it doesnt seem to grab on to the meat is the best way i can describe it

Hi, having issues with getting good smokey flavor from my mes. I was wondering if some chips are better than others, i have tried hickory,apple,and mesquite. I didnt want to oversmoke and create creosote on my food i dont soak my chips either. The temp i use for smoking is 225 i think its hot...

Do any of you guys brine your ribs before smoking? My wife picked up a couple of racks of spares so just wondering.    Thanx            Bill

ok everyone said that the fatties were great so maybe its just a mental hangup on my part lol

I was using apple wood for the fatties i am gonna use either hickory or mesquite on the chuckie or i was thinking oak as i have alot of that here native that i burn for firewood and its dried out too. You said i wont get a smoke ring though, doest that only come with wood fired smokers?